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Latest Articles: Science/Tech
UAE starts work on world's first zero-carbon city
Post Date: 2008-02-11 06:58:00 by Ada
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The oil-rich United Arab Emirates was set to start work on Sunday on construction of the world's first zero carbon emissions city, a spokesman for the project said. "Construction on Masdar City begins today," the spokesman told AFP, adding that the 6.5-square-kilometre (2.5-square-mile) development will cost 22 billion dollars and is set for completion in 2015. Masdar City will house 50,000 people and will be run entirely on renewable energy including solar power, exploiting the desert state's near constant supply of sunshine. The city, which is named after the Arabic word for "source", will be built in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi. Residents will use ...
Wind farms: millionaire playgrounds for Green fat cats
Post Date: 2008-02-09 21:58:46 by farmfriend
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Wind farms: millionaire playgrounds for Green fat cats ENERGY policy in Great Britain has been a shambles for years. Cowardly governments have turned a blind eye to repeated warnings over prices and supply. Disaster has been avoided thanks only to lucky escapes rather than good stewardship. A case study in the stupidity of the British government’s attitude to energy – aided and abetted by the European Union – is its continuing obsession with wind farms, a so-called sustainable source of energy which is costly, inefficient, unreliable – and ultimately unsustainable. The official line from London and Brussels has always been that wind turbines produce energy more cleanly ...
Robot glider harvests ocean heat
Post Date: 2008-02-08 22:52:47 by robin
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Robot glider harvests ocean heat By Jonathan Fildes Science and technology reporter, BBC News Enlarge Image A sea-going robotic glider that harvests heat energy from the ocean has been tested by US scientists. The yellow, torpedo-shaped machine has been combing the depths of seas around the Caribbean since December 2007. The team which developed the autonomous vehicle say it has covered "thousands of kilometres" during the tests. The team believe the glider - which needs no batteries - could undertake oceanographic surveys for up to six months at a time. "We are tapping a virtually unlimited energy source ...
Is Big Physics peddling science pornography?
Post Date: 2008-02-08 22:38:37 by robin
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There’s a new round of nonsense about theoretical physics making its way through the media, especially the British tabloids. The original source is a preprint from a few months ago by Aref’eva and Volovich entitled Time Machine at the LHC (it refers to another earlier one by other authors If LHC is a Mini-Time-Machines Factory, Can We Notice?). These papers discuss the possibility that the LHC will produce not just black holes, but also wormholes that would be “Mini-Time-Machines” (MTMs). New Scientist now has a cover story based on this which begins: As you may have heard, this will be the year. The Large Hadron Collider - the most powerful atom-smasher ever built - ...
Is OO a deliberate fraud?
Post Date: 2008-02-08 14:48:17 by Tauzero
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Is OO a deliberate fraud? Ruth, Jim, and all, This is in indirect response to Ruth Ivimey-Cook "Re: CPA 2006 - Call for Papers", in which she laments a dismal lack of response. I think it's the death throes of science being choked out by fake science, and I think I've identified the culprit. I'm posting this to both occam and OO-based supporters, to be fair, and allow serious answers to my points. Merrill R. Chapman in his tech history ("In Search of Stupidity", Apress / Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003) quotes, as 1992-1993 era OO definition at Borland, the following excerpt from "What is Object-Oriented Software" by Terry Montlick ...
Political Views May Be Genetically Influenced, Twin Study Shows
Post Date: 2008-02-07 19:22:12 by Tauzero
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Political Views May Be Genetically Influenced, Twin Study Shows ScienceDaily (Feb. 6, 2008) — Research by Rice University professor of political science John Alford indicates that what is on one's mind about politics may be influenced by how people are wired genetically. Alford, who has researched this topic for a number of years, and his team analyzed data from political opinions of more than 12,000 twins in the United States and supplemented it with findings from twins in Australia. Alford found that identical twins were more likely to agree on political issues than were fraternal twins. On the issue of property taxes, for example, an astounding four-fifths of identical twins ...
Blue eyes result of ancient genetic 'mutation'
Post Date: 2008-02-06 06:18:53 by Ada
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Frank Sinatra, Stephen Hawking, Marie Curie and Stephen Fry all owe their blue eyes to a genetic mutation that likely occurred between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago, researchers say. Blue eye colour originated near the Black Sea Scientists believe they have tracked down the cause of the eye colour of all blue-eyed humans on the planet today. “Originally, we all had brown eyes”, said Prof Hans Eiberg from the University of Copenhagen, who led the team. Blue eye colour most likely originated from the near east area or northwest part of the Black Sea region, where the great agriculture migration to the northern part of Europe took place in the Neolithic periods about six–10,000 ...
Three-parent embryo formed in lab
Post Date: 2008-02-05 19:44:44 by robin
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Three-parent embryo formed in lab The scientists have created the embryo in the lab Scientists believe they have made a potential breakthrough in the treatment of serious disease by creating a human embryo with three separate parents. The Newcastle University team believe the technique could help to eradicate a whole class of hereditary diseases, including some forms of epilepsy. The embryos have been created using DNA from a man and two women in lab tests. It could ensure women with genetic defects do not pass the diseases on to their children. It is human beings they are experimenting with Josephine QuintavalleComment on ...
Judge: Navy not exempt from sonar ruling
Post Date: 2008-02-05 00:20:24 by kiki
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LOS ANGELES - The Navy must follow environmental laws placing strict limits on sonar training that may harm whales, despite President Bush's decision to exempt it, a federal judge ruled Monday. The Navy is not "exempted from compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act" and a court injunction creating a 12 nautical-mile no-sonar zone off Southern California, U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper wrote in a 36-page decision. "We disagree with the judge's decision," White House spokesman Tony Fratto said. "We believe the orders are legal and appropriate." The president signed a waiver Jan. 15 exempting the Navy and its anti-submarine ...
Global meltdown: scientists isolate areas most at risk of climate change
Post Date: 2008-02-04 22:17:16 by robin
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Global meltdown: scientists isolate areas most at risk of climate change· Experts assess point at which it is too late to act · Disastrous repercussions of warming are spelled out Ian Sample, science correspondent The Guardian, Tuesday February 5 2008 Ice boulders left behind after a flood caused by the overflowing of a lake in Greenland. Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty images Scientists have long agreed that climate change could have a profound impact on the planet; from melting ice sheets and withering rainforests, to flash floods and droughts.Now a team of climate experts has ranked the most fragile and vulnerable regions on the planet, and warned they are in ...
Frontiers of Thought Control? Memeering
Post Date: 2008-02-04 13:53:05 by gengis gandhi
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Frontiers of Thought Control? Memeering By George Ure http://www.urbansurvival.com/week.htm You need some background to understand this rather longish report today, so here goes. Since before 9/11, which was described here in mid July 2001 in advance as a "tipping point" in computer modelspace, after which our lives would be forever changed, I've been pleased to bring the occasional insight into the future that has been based on a radical field of study called "predictive linguistics." In this arcane field of study made up almost exclusively of academic institutions, national level organizations, and perhaps a few savvy governments, it's held that big events ...
All Blue Eyed People Related to Brad Pitt [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2008-02-03 21:55:51 by robin
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NEW GENETICS DISCOVERYAll Blue Eyed People Related to Brad PittBy Andrew Curry in Berlin According to a new paper by a Danish researcher, blue eyes come as the result of a single mutation that occurred 10,000 years ago. Which means that all people with blue peepers have a common ancestor. What do Frank Sinatra, Cameron Diaz, Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow have in common? According to a new study, they all share the same ancestor. The paper, published Thursday by Danish geneticist Hans Eiberg in the journal Human Genetics, links all baby blues to a single mutation that occurred 10,000 years ago. PHOTO GALLERY: BABY'S GOT BLUE EYES Click on a picture to launch the image ...
'Last wave' for wild golden frog
Post Date: 2008-02-01 23:46:52 by robin
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'Last wave' for wild golden frog Now extinct frog filmed waving, wrestling and courting A BBC film crew has captured footage of a rare frog waving, wrestling and courting for the first time. The Panamanian golden frog communicates with other frogs by semaphore in the form of gentle hand waves. It has evolved the mechanism to signal to rivals and mates above the noise of mountain streams. Shortly after filming for the BBC One series Life In Cold Blood, the frogs had to be rescued from the wild, due to the threat of chytrid fungus. Hilary Jeffkins, senior producer of Life In Cold Blood, said the semaphoring behaviour ...
Lawyers’ countrywide rallies in support of deposed CJ
Post Date: 2008-02-01 20:34:23 by Dakmar
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ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The legal community mounted protests and processions in the federal capital, the four provincial capitals and other cities and towns across the country on Thursday to mark the ‘Justice Iftikhar Day’ on a call given by the Sindh High Court Bar Association. The call had been endorsed by the Pakistan Bar Council. Thousands of lawyers and jurists took part in the day’s events as did the representatives of various civil society groups and political parties. Those who attended the events called for the release of the deposed chief justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, who has been under ‘detention’ since Nov 3. The protesters also ...
Berkeley, CA council tells Marines to leave (Marine recruiting station not welcome in city)
Post Date: 2008-02-01 15:28:21 by Ferret Mike
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Hey-hey, ho-ho, the Marines in Berkeley have got to go. That's the message from the Berkeley City Council, which voted 6-3 Tuesday night to tell the U.S. Marines that its Shattuck Avenue recruiting station "is not welcome in the city, and if recruiters choose to stay, they do so as uninvited and unwelcome intruders." In addition, the council voted to explore enforcing its law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation against the Marines because of the military's don't ask, don't tell policy. And it officially encouraged the women's peace group Code Pink to impede the work of the Marines in the city by protesting in front of the station. ...
Cold – A Death Blow to Empire
Post Date: 2008-01-31 06:52:31 by angle
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"A great manufacturing country is peculiarly exposed to temporary reverses and contingencies, produced by the removal of capital from one employment to another. The demands for the produce of agriculture are uniform; they are not under the influence of fashion, prejudice, or caprice. To sustain life, food is necessary, and the demand for food must continue in all ages, and in all countries." ~ David Ricardo (1772–1823), English Economist History, if nothing else, is the story of civilizations and their use or abuse of creation. We all intrinsically know it but few have verbalized it. No matter where we look the first prerequisite for any of mankind’s endeavors is to ...
I am an intellectual blasphemer
Post Date: 2008-01-29 00:46:07 by farmfriend
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I am an intellectual blasphemer When Alexander Cockburn, author of the forthcoming book A Short History of Fear, dared to question the climate change consensus, he was punished by a tsunami of self-righteous fury. It is time for a free and open ‘battle of ideas’, he says. Alexander Cockburn While the world’s climate is on a warming trend, there is zero evidence that the rise in CO2 levels has anthropogenic origins. For daring to say this I have been treated as if I have committed intellectual blasphemy. In magazine articles and essays I have described in fairly considerable detail, with input from the scientist Martin Hertzberg, that you can account for the current ...
OWNING THE WEATHER AND OUR MINDS IN 2008?
Post Date: 2008-01-28 23:54:26 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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OWNING THE WEATHER AND OUR MINDS IN 2008? January 27, 2008 In 1997, Former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (above left) said the technology to alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves is real! This statement would immediately make a person think about the 2004 Sumatra earthquake, tsunami and hurricane Katrina. http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=674 In 2001, Congressman Kucinich (above) introduced a bill talking about through the use of land-based, sea-based, or space-based systems using radiation, electromagnetic, psychotronic, sonic, laser, or other energies directed at targeted ...
Meet John Wardley of Northern Alberta, Canada [and his Cordwood/Straw Bale Home]
Post Date: 2008-01-28 12:28:03 by AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt
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Meet John Wardley of Northern Alberta, Canada John was born in the industrial town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. A place where homes were measured in centuries not decades. Immigrating to Canada in 1980, he was soon to enjoy the company of most newly married couples in paying a mortgage. The property he and his wife purchased was "nothing special". A fifteen-year-old California style "box" located on 3 acres. Things were OK up until the middle of 1981, when the Federal Government of Canada introduced a policy called the National Energy Program. This Energy Program crippled the huge oil and gas industry in Alberta. Mortgage rates soared to 17-½%. ...
Defunct US Spy Satellite Falling From Orbit, To Hit Earth In Late Feb. or March
Post Date: 2008-01-26 17:29:39 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON -- A large U.S. spy satellite has lost power and propulsion and could hit the Earth in late February or March, government officials said Saturday. The satellite, which no longer can be controlled, could contain hazardous materials, and it is unknown where on the planet it might come down, they said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the information is classified as secret. "Appropriate government agencies are monitoring the situation," said Gordon Johndroe, a spokesman for the National Security Council. "Numerous satellites over the years have come out of orbit and fallen harmlessly. We are looking at potential options to mitigate any possible ...
To bio or not to bio - are 'green' fuels really good for the earth?
Post Date: 2008-01-26 16:05:52 by robin
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To bio or not to bio - are 'green' fuels really good for the earth? The EU says we need them, some experts say they damage the planet. Who is right? * David Adam, environment correspondent * The Guardian, * Saturday January 26 2008 About this article This article appeared in the Guardian on Saturday January 26 2008 on p16 of the UK news section. It was last updated at 23:44 on January 25 2008. From the top of the Greenergy refinery in Immingham you can see across the Humber estuary to Hull. A hum of equipment fills the air, along with a curious smell. Popcorn. Greenergy processes vegetable oil. It takes the gloopy juice squeezed from inside rape seeds harvested on ...
Sir Richard Branson Reveals Virgin Space Ship
Post Date: 2008-01-25 13:20:31 by ghostdogtxn
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SpaceShipTwo/WhiteKnightTwo Unveiled
Post Date: 2008-01-24 18:55:23 by X-15
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January 24, 2008 — The highly anticipated designs of SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) were unveiled Wednesday morning in New York City during a standing-room-only press conference hosted by Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic, and Burt Rutan, CEO of Scaled Composites. The two vehicles are based on the technology of Rutan’s SpaceShipOne, which won the $10 million Ansari X prize in 2004 by flying into suborbital space twice in the space of six days. Virgin Galactic is scheduled to have an exhibit at this summer’s EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh. EAA is also one of several official partners in the SpaceShipTwo project. “Virgin Galactic produced a demanding ...
US Censors Arctic Scientists’ Findings as it Prepares for Oil and Gas Auction
Post Date: 2008-01-23 23:51:29 by richard9151
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23/01/08 "The Independent" -- - -The United States has blocked the release of a landmark assessment of oil and gas activity in the Arctic as it prepares to sell off exploration licences for the frozen Chukchi Sea off Alaska, one of the last intact habitats of the polar bear. Scientists at the release of the censored report in Norway said there was “huge frustration” that the US had derailed a science-based effort to manage the race for the vast energy reserves of the Arctic. The long-awaited assessment was meant to bring together work by scientists in all eight Arctic nations to give an up-to-date picture of oil and gas exploitation in the high north. In addition to ...
Ice returns as Greenland temps plummet
Post Date: 2008-01-23 16:46:48 by farmfriend
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Ice returns as Greenland temps plummet Residents insist Greenland's freezing temperatures don't mean global warming has been called off While the rest of Europe is debating the prospects of global warming during an unseasonably mild winter, a brutal cold snap is raging across the semi-autonomous nation of Greenland. On Disko Bay in western Greenland, where a number of prominent world leaders have visited in recent years to get a first-hand impression of climate change, temperatures have dropped so drastically that the water has frozen over for the first time in a decade. 'The ice is up to 50cm thick,' said Henrik Matthiesen, an employee at Denmark's Meteorological ...
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